Gay rights bill advances in Nevada

[William769]

CARSON CITY, Nev. — A bill that would allow Nevada's same-sex couples to enter into domestic partnerships, with many of the rights of married couples, passed the state Assembly on Friday.


Senate Bill 283 now goes back to the Senate to see if it agrees with the amendments that the Assembly added. If it passes the Senate again, it would land on the desk of Gov. Jim Gibbons, who has said he would veto it. The bill originally passed in the Senate 12-9.


Advocates for the bill have been working to try to find two votes to override Gibbons' veto. They also have some work to do in the Assembly, judging by Friday's vote of 26 in favor and 14 against.


It was a party-line vote, except Assemblyman Ed Goedhart, R-Amargosa Valley, voted for the bill, and Assemblyman Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, and Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, voting against. Two members, one Democrat and one Republican, were absent. To override a veto, advocates need 28 votes.

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[joeybee12]

1. I wonder if Mo Dennis is my Assemblyman...

...I only recently moved here...time for a phone call....

[William769]

2. That would be good to know.

[redqueen]

3. WTF...

One R votes for... but two Ds vote against?

And *both* from Las Vegas? Is Las Vegas made up of a conservative dem electorate or what?

[vaberella]

4. Being a Dem doesn't mean you support Gay Rights.

There plenty of Dems who are pro-life as well. I don't put anything past Dems.

[redqueen]

5. It's not "Gay Rights" it's domestic partnership.

I would think being a Dem means you support at *least* that.

And please don't say pro-life... anti-choice. And there are degrees of being anti-choice... that issue is being spun from hell to breakfast.

[vaberella]

12. Domestic partnership!? I'm talking recognition as citizens with full rights.

As for pro-life---I'm talking the extreme group. Both have degrees.

[redqueen]

13. Yeah I was just talking about this bill.

I see that NV voted for the ban a while back... but these people are from Vegas. I have to wonder about their reasoning for voting against a bill granting even domestic partnership rights.

Usually the justification for RW votes is that they have a RW electorate. I'm from a red state, so I know how that goes. But Vegas?

[William769]

6. Perfect example just look DU.

[Forkboy]

7. Yep.

How you been?

:hi:

[William769]

8. Good.

Hope you are doing great yourself!

[Forkboy]

9. Not doing too bad at all.

Good to see you back around. I know we had our moments here and there, but I never had any hard feelings to you, so I'm glad you're back posting again. Especially on the issue you're posting about. :toast:

[William769]

10. I like to think I am like you and don't hold grudges.

Right now I am concerned with a couple of issues, this one being on the front burner.

I decided not to post for awhile and put my energies elsewhere. But as the old saying goes "you can't keep a good man down."

[TheWraith]

11. Where?

Contrary to some people who love their temper tantrums, you're not going to find anybody really on DU who doesn't support gay rights.

[Sebastian Doyle]

14. Recent events on this board would suggest exactly the opposite.

And I need not elaborate on that one.

As for the suggestion up thread that "Being a Dem doesn't mean you support Gay Rights", well maybe THAT is the problem.

Those who don't support full civil rights for all Americans really shouldn't be calling themselves Democrats in the first place.

[TheWraith]

15. No. They don't.

For starters, the DU charter is pretty clear: if you don't support equal rights for everybody, you don't belong here.

Second, being that DU attracts the most strongly opinionated activist base of the party, it's highly unlikely that you'd find many if any people here who didn't support gay rights even without the rules.